<p>19:22 <em>And having sent into Macedonia two of those that assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, he stayed in Asia for a while</em>- Perhaps to prepare the way for his coming there (:21). Or perhaps Paul sensed the terrible persecution which was to break out in Ephesus, and sent timid Timothy away from a situation which could have been unbearable for him. Perhaps this was the visit to Corinth by Timothy which Paul wrote about in 1 Cor. 4:17; 16:10. In which case Paul's love for the Corinthians was such that he allowed himself to be without personal assistants in order for a pastoral trip to be made to them. Maybe he needed personal assistants (&quot;that ministered unto him&quot;, AV) because of failing health.</p>