The man runs away because he is only a paid worker and does not really care about the sheep.
The worker who is paid to keep the sheep is different from the shepherd who owns them. When the worker sees a wolf coming, he runs away and leaves the sheep alone. Then the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
“I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and my sheep know me,
But Judas did not really care about the poor; he said this because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the money box, and he often stole from it.
Then they all grabbed Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him there before the court. But this did not bother Gallio.
I want you to be free from worry. A man who is not married is busy with the Lord’s work, trying to please the Lord.
But a man who is married is busy with things of the world, trying to please his wife.
I have no one else like Timothy, who truly cares for you.