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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"And they came to Ephesus, and there he left them": for he did not wish to take them about with him, but left them at Ephesus. But they subsequently dwelt at Corinth, and he bears high testimony to them, and writing to the Romans, salutes them. ... It was not for nothing that he left them at Ephesus, but for Apollos' sake, the Spirit so ordered it, that he might come with greater force to the attack upon Corinth.
Theophylact of Ohrid
He left Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus, no doubt so that they might teach, for having spent so much time with Paul, they had learned much.
Oecumenius
He left Priscilla and Aquila in Ephesus, he said, [and did this with good reason], as if they were teaching there. For since they had been associated with him for so long, they had learned very many things; yet he had not been able to dissuade them from the Jewish custom. For this reason, when Paul was a prophet, and knew that he would return, he did not simply promise that he would return, but added, if God wills. Clearly teaching us not to promise anything about the future except by adding, if God wills. …
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