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308 LIFE OF PAUL . theslightestattention, therebymade himself the objectof suspicion, and endangeredhis own life. Rome was now filledwith spies,who stoodready to bring an accusationagainstany one on theslightestoccasion. None but a Christianwould visita Christian; forno otherwould incurtheodium of a faithwhichevenintelligent men regardedas not merely contemptible,but treasonable. One by one,Paul saw hisfriendsleavinghim. The firsttodepartwere Phygellusand Hermog-enes. Then Demas ,dismayedat thethickening cloudsof difficultyanddanger, forsookthepersecutedapostleto seekforeaseand securityina worldlylife. Crescenswas senton a missionto the churches of Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia, TychicustoEphesus. Luke,thebelovedphysician and faithfulfriend, was stillwith him . Thiswas a greatcomforttoPaul,who had never needed the companionshipand ministrationof hisbrethrenmore than now ,enfeebledas he was by age,toil,and infirmities,and confinedin the damp ,dark vaultsof a Roman prison. And ,as he was dependentupon theaid of an amanuensis, the servicesof Luke were of great value, enabling him stillto communicate with his brethren and the world without . An unexpectedencouragementwas granted the apostleat this time, by the visitof Onesiphorus,an Ephesian Christianwho came toRome not long after Paul's arrival. He knew that Paulwas somewherein thatcityas a prisoner, and he determined to find him . This was no easymatterin a citycrowdedwithprisoners, where suspicionwas everywhere,and had only tofastenupon an unfortunatevictimtoconsign