{Are turned away from me} (apestraph(8873)an me). Second
aorist passive (still transitive here with me) of apostreph(935c),
for which verb see  Tit 1:14 . For the accusative with these
passive deponents see Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 484. It is not
known to what incident Paul refers, whether the refusal of the
Christians in the Roman province of Asia to help Paul on his
arrest (or in response to an appeal from Rome) or whether the
Asian Christians in Rome deserted Paul in the first stage of the
trial ( 4:16 ). Two of these Asian deserters are mentioned by
name, perhaps for reasons known to Timothy. Nothing else is known
of Phygelus and Hermogenes except this shameful item.