…for Demas, having loved this present world [or age], has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica…11 Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service… (2 Timothy 4:10-11 NASB) 

Paul spent his last days in this present world in the Mamertine Prison in Rome, waiting for the certain execution that would deliver him to the eternal age.  Except for Luke, Paul is alone.  Some of Paul’s team have left with his blessing in order to continue their missions.  However, Demas’ leaving was desertion…