“quia non intrat in cor ejus, sed in ventrum vadit, et in secessum exit, purgans omnes escas ?”
“Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?”
“because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)”
“because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods ?””
“because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean.”
See here, I. How humbly Christ was pleased to conceal himself. Never man was so cried up as he was in Galilee, and therefore, to teach us, though not to decline any opportunity of doing good, yet not to be fond of popular applause, he arose from thence, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, where he was little known; and there he entered, not into a synagogue, or place of concourse, but into a private house, and he would have no man to know it; because it was foretold concerning him, He shall not strive nor cry, neither shall his voice be heard in the streets. Not but that he was willing to preach and heal here as well as in other places, but for this he would be sought unto. Note, As there is a time to appear, so there is a time to retire. Or, he would not be known, because he was upon the borders of Tyre and Sidon, among Gentiles, to whom he would not be so forward to show himself as to the tribes of Israel, whose glory he was to be.
Verses 14-23 Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.