Theophylact of Ohrid, on 2Tim 1:15

“Thou knowest this, that all they who are in Asia, are turned away from me: of whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.”

“The Apostle points to the temptations, not in order to strike the disciple, but to more fully persuade him — so that, in the event that he himself should undergo similar temptations, he would not think that he was experiencing anything extraordinary, but would bear them calmly. After the Apostle was taken into custody by Nero, all the Asians abandoned him, that is, the people from the Asian provinces who were living in Rome.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.