(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

He said to them, “Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while” (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.