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But if it dies, it produces many seeds. <a href="/nlt/john/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. <a href="/esv/john/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/bsb/john/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/blb/john/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat, having fallen into the ground, should die, it abides alone; but if it should die, it bears much fruit. <a href="/kjv/john/12.htm">King James Bible</a> Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. <a href="/nkjv/john/12.htm">New King James Version</a> Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. <a href="/nasb_/john/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/nasb/john/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/nasb77/john/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/lsb/john/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/amp/john/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone [just one grain, never more]. But if it dies, it produces much grain and yields a harvest. <a href="/csb/john/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit. <a href="/hcsb/john/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop. <a href="/asv/john/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. <a href="/cev/john/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I tell you for certain that a grain of wheat that falls on the ground will never be more than one grain unless it dies. But if it dies, it will produce lots of wheat. <a href="/erv/john/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. <a href="/gwt/john/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I can guarantee this truth: A single grain of wheat doesn't produce anything unless it is planted in the ground and dies. If it dies, it will produce a lot of grain. <a href="/gnt/john/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> I am telling you the truth: a grain of wheat remains no more than a single grain unless it is dropped into the ground and dies. If it does die, then it produces many grains. <a href="/isv/john/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces a lot of grain. <a href="/msb/john/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/net/john/12.htm">NET Bible</a> I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. <a href="/nheb/john/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/wbt/john/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Verily, verily, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. <a href="/wey/john/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest. <a href="/web/john/12.htm">World English Bible</a> Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> truly, truly, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remains alone; and if it may die, it bears much fruit; <a href="/blb/john/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat, having fallen into the ground, should die, it abides alone; but if it should die, it bears much fruit. <a href="/ylt/john/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit; <a href="/slt/john/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Truly, truly, I say to you, except a kernel of wheat, having fallen into the earth, should die, it remains alone: and if it should die, it brings forth much fruit.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, <a href="/cpdv/john/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, <a href="/nabre/john/12.htm">New American Bible</a> Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. <a href="/nrsvce/john/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Truly, truly, I say to you, that unless a grain of wheat falls and dies in the ground, it will be left alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/12.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “Timeless truth I speak to you: Unless a grain of wheat falls and dies in the ground, it remains alone, but if it dies, it yields much fruit.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/12.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Verily, verily I say to you, unless a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains alone; but if it die, it produces much fruit. <a href="/godbey/john/12.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Truly, truly, I say unto you, Unless the grain of wheat having fallen into the ground may die, it remains alone; but if it may die, it produces much fruit.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/12.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falling on the earth undergo a deathlike change, it abideth single: but if it thus die, it beareth abundant produce. <a href="/mace/john/12.htm">Mace New Testament</a> verily, verily I say unto you, when a corn of wheat is thrown into the ground, there it lies a single grain unless it dies: but if it die, it becomes very fruitful. <a href="/wey/john/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest. <a href="/worrell/john/12.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>Verily, verily, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat, having fallen into the ground, dies, it abides alone; but, if it dies, it bears much fruit,<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/12.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Though<FR> I tell you indeed and in truth, Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remaineth alone; but if it die, it produceth much fruit.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/12-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=4518" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/12.htm">Jesus Predicts His Death</a> …23But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24<a href="/greek/281.htm" title="281: amēn (Heb) -- Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.">Truly,</a> <a href="/greek/281.htm" title="281: amēn (Heb) -- Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.">truly,</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">I tell</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">unless</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2848.htm" title="2848: kokkos (N-NMS) -- A kernel, grain, seed. Apparently a primary word; a kernel of seed.">a kernel</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4621.htm" title="4621: sitou (N-GMS) -- Wheat, grain. Also plural irregular neuter sita of uncertain derivation; grain, especially wheat.">of wheat</a> <a href="/greek/4098.htm" title="4098: pesōn (V-APA-NMS) -- A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.">falls</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēn (N-AFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">ground</a> <a href="/greek/599.htm" title="599: apothanē (V-ASA-3S) -- To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.">and dies,</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autos (PPro-NM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">it</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: menei (V-PIA-3S) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">remains</a> <a href="/greek/3441.htm" title="3441: monos (Adj-NMS) -- Only, solitary, desolate. Probably from meno; remaining, i.e. Sole or single; by implication, mere.">only a seed;</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">but</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/599.htm" title="599: apothanē (V-ASA-3S) -- To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.">it dies,</a> <a href="/greek/5342.htm" title="5342: pherei (V-PIA-3S) -- To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.">it bears</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: polyn (Adj-AMS) -- Much, many; often. ">much</a> <a href="/greek/2590.htm" title="2590: karpon (N-AMS) -- Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively.">fruit.</a> 25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">1 Corinthians 15:36-38</a> You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. / And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else. / But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body. <a href="/mark/4-26.htm">Mark 4:26-29</a> Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. / Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. / All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within. ... <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Matthew 13:31-32</a> He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. / Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” <a href="/luke/13-18.htm">Luke 13:18-19</a> Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? / It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.” <a href="/romans/6-5.htm">Romans 6:5</a> For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm">2 Corinthians 4:10-11</a> We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. / For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body. <a href="/philippians/1-21.htm">Philippians 1:21</a> For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. <a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a> Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church. <a href="/2_timothy/2-11.htm">2 Timothy 2:11</a> This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him; <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-8</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/matthew/16-24.htm">Matthew 16:24-25</a> Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. / For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. <a href="/luke/9-23.htm">Luke 9:23-24</a> Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. / For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10-11</a> Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. / After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. <a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5-6</a> Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it stays alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.Except.<a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Psalm 72:16</a> There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">1 Corinthians 15:36-38</a> Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: … if.<a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32,33</a> And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me… <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15,22-31</a> My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death… <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10-12</a> Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/8-35.htm">Abideth</a> <a href="/john/12-7.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/john/8-18.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/john/8-18.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/luke/12-42.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/john/12-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/11-51.htm">Die</a> <a href="/john/11-25.htm">Dies</a> <a href="/john/11-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/john/11-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/john/8-24.htm">Except</a> <a href="/john/11-10.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/luke/20-18.htm">Falls</a> <a href="/john/12-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/4-36.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/john/10-11.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/john/4-38.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/john/9-6.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/john/4-38.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/luke/12-12.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/luke/6-43.htm">Produces</a> <a href="/luke/21-1.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/john/8-37.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/luke/20-40.htm">Single</a> <a href="/john/10-7.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/john/10-37.htm">Unless</a> <a href="/john/10-7.htm">Verily</a> <a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/luke/8-9.htm">Yields</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/12-34.htm">Abideth</a> <a href="/john/16-32.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/john/15-2.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/john/15-2.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/acts/7-12.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/john/12-33.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/12-33.htm">Die</a> <a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Dies</a> <a href="/john/12-32.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/john/12-34.htm">End</a> <a href="/john/13-10.htm">Except</a> <a href="/acts/1-25.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/romans/2-2.htm">Falls</a> <a href="/john/12-31.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/15-2.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/john/12-47.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/acts/7-12.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/john/18-6.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/acts/2-1.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/john/15-4.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Produces</a> <a href="/acts/26-22.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/acts/3-25.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Single</a> <a href="/john/13-16.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/john/13-8.htm">Unless</a> <a href="/john/13-16.htm">Verily</a> <a href="/acts/7-12.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Yields</a><div class="vheading2">John 12</div>1. <a href="/john/12-1.htm">Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet.</a> 9. <a href="/john/12-9.htm">The people flock to see Lazarus.</a> 10. <a href="/john/12-10.htm">The chief priests consult to kill him.</a> 12. <a href="/john/12-12.htm">Jesus rides into Jerusalem.</a> 20. <a href="/john/12-20.htm">Greeks desire to see Jesus.</a> 23. <a href="/john/12-23.htm">He foretells his death.</a> 37. <a href="/john/12-37.htm">The people are generally blinded;</a> 42. <a href="/john/12-42.htm">yet many chief rulers believe, but do not confess him;</a> 44. <a href="/john/12-44.htm">therefore Jesus calls earnestly for confession of faith.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The repetition of "truly" (Greek: "amen, amen") underscores the certainty and authority of what follows. It is a call for the listener to pay close attention, as Jesus is about to reveal a profound spiritual truth.unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies The imagery of a kernel of wheat is drawn from agricultural practices familiar to Jesus' audience. In the agrarian society of first-century Judea, sowing seeds was a common activity. The kernel must be buried in the soil, symbolizing death, to fulfill its purpose. This metaphor foreshadows Jesus' own death and burial, necessary for the greater purpose of salvation. It also reflects the principle of sacrifice leading to greater good, a theme prevalent throughout Scripture.it remains only a seed Without the process of dying and transformation, the seed remains alone and unproductive. This highlights the concept of potential unrealized without sacrifice. In a broader biblical context, it speaks to the necessity of self-denial and surrender to God's will, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/16-24.htm">Matthew 16:24-25</a>, where Jesus calls His followers to take up their cross.But if it dies, it bears much fruit The death of the seed leads to abundant life and productivity, symbolizing the resurrection and the resulting spread of the Gospel. This principle is evident in the early church's growth following Jesus' resurrection and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2). The "much fruit" also alludes to the spiritual fruit borne in the lives of believers who follow Christ's example of self-sacrifice and service. This concept is echoed in <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>, where the fruit of the Spirit is described.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing His disciples and others present, using the metaphor of a seed to explain His impending death and resurrection. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The primary audience of Jesus' teaching, who are being prepared for the events of His crucifixion and the subsequent growth of the Church. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The location where Jesus is speaking, during the time leading up to His crucifixion. 4. <a href="/topical/p/passover_festival.htm">Passover Festival</a> The event during which Jesus is speaking, a time when many Jews gathered in Jerusalem, symbolizing liberation and sacrifice. 5. <a href="/topical/k/kernel_of_wheat.htm">Kernel of Wheat</a> A metaphor used by Jesus to illustrate the necessity of His death for the production of spiritual fruit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_sacrifice.htm">The Necessity of Sacrifice</a> Just as a seed must die to produce a harvest, Jesus' death was necessary for the salvation of many. Believers are called to sacrifice their own desires to follow Christ. <a href="/topical/f/fruitfulness_through_death.htm">Fruitfulness Through Death</a> Spiritual fruitfulness often requires dying to self, letting go of personal ambitions, and allowing God to work through us. <a href="/topical/t/the_paradox_of_life_through_death.htm">The Paradox of Life Through Death</a> In God's kingdom, true life and abundance come through the willingness to lay down one's life, following the example of Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_follow_christ's_example.htm">The Call to Follow Christ's Example</a> Believers are encouraged to emulate Christ's selflessness, understanding that true impact and growth come from a life surrendered to God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_resurrection.htm">Hope in Resurrection</a> The metaphor of the seed assures believers of the hope and promise of resurrection and eternal life through Christ's sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 12</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_essence_of_divine_truth.htm">What does 'chaff' mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_threshing_floor.htm">What defines a threshing floor?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_john's_imprisonment_dates.htm">How do we reconcile the chronology of John the Baptist's imprisonment (Matthew 4:12) with differing accounts in other Gospels?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) Verily, verily, I say unto you.--He is passing to the deeper truth which underlies His words, and calls attention to what He is about to say by the usual and solemn "Verily, verily." (Comp. Note on <a href="/john/1-51.htm" title="And he said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.">John 1:51</a>.)Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die.--The truth is one of those of the spirit-world, lying beyond the ordinary language of men. He prepares them for it by what we call the analogy of a physical law, but what is really an instance of the working of the great law of life, which God has given to the moral and physical worlds alike. All knew that a grain of wheat, though containing in itself the germs of life, would remain alone, and not really live unless it fell to the earth. Then the life-germs would burst forth, and the single grain, in its own death, would give life to blade, and stalk, and ear of corn. Its death then was the true life, for it released the inner life-power which the husk before held captive; and this life-power multiplying itself in successive grains would clothe the whole field with a harvest of much fruit.This law Christ now teaches to be a law also of the moral world, and one to which His own life is subject. Here too life issues from death. The moral power which is the life of the world finds its source in the death of the Son of man. "He is life." "In Him is life." "He quickens whom He will." "Whosoever believeth in Him hath eternal life." These truths this Gospel has told us again and again: but Christ now tells that while He is still on earth this life exists, but in its germs; and that in His death it will burst forth, and grow up, and multiply itself in the great spiritual harvest of the world. Such was the prophecy. The history of all that is best, and truest, and noblest in the life of eighteen centuries comes to us as the fulfilment. Hearts hardened, sinful, dead, that have been led to think of His death, and in thoughts of it have felt germs of life springing up and bursting the husks of their former prison, and growing up into living powers which have changed their whole being; this is the individual fulfilment that has come to many and may come to all.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 24. - The oracle is introduced with a solemn Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except the corn (or, grain) of wheat, having fallen to the ground, die, it abideth by itself alone: but if it die, it beareth much fruit. The simple illustration of life through death, life triumphing over death. "Even nature protests against the Hellenic fear of death" (Lange). As long as the corn of wheat is scrupulously kept from decomposition and death in the granary, the hidden germ is dormant; let it be sown as "bare grain" (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">1 Corinthians 15:36</a>, etc.), then the strange force within it puts forth its hidden faculty, the outer covering of this point of energy falls away, and the new thing appears. God gives it a body, and much fruit is brought forth. Thoma suggests that the Johannist here is putting into the lips of Jesus the thoughts of Paul. How much more probable is it that Paul grasped the thought of Jesus, and applied a part of it to the grand argument for the resurrection, both of Christ and Christians! Compare with this the teaching of <a href="/john/6.htm">John 6</a>, where the Bread of life is given for the food of men. Even the "bread-making" for man involves, in another way, the temporary destruction of the living germ in the grain of which it is composed, that it may become the life of men. Christ is himself the "Son of God," the "Logos incarnate," the "Son of man." By becoming, in his death, the food of man's soul, he created thus a new life in the hearts of men. Over and over again our Lord has declared himself to be "the Life," and "the Source of life," for men; but he here lays down the principle that this life-giving power of his is conditioned by his death. The great harvest will be reaped only when he shall have sacrificed his life and put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. It is, too, only as every believing man dies to himself, is crucified with Christ, is dead with him to the world, that he rises again in the newness of life. <a href="/commentaries/john/12-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Truly, ἀμὴν (amēn) Hebrew Word <a href="/greek/strongs_281.htm">Strong's 281: </a> Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. truly, ἀμὴν (amēn) Hebrew Word <a href="/greek/strongs_281.htm">Strong's 281: </a> Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. I tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. unless ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. a kernel κόκκος (kokkos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2848.htm">Strong's 2848: </a> A kernel, grain, seed. Apparently a primary word; a kernel of seed. of wheat σίτου (sitou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4621.htm">Strong's 4621: </a> Wheat, grain. Also plural irregular neuter sita of uncertain derivation; grain, especially wheat. falls πεσὼν (pesōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4098.htm">Strong's 4098: </a> A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ground γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. [and] dies, ἀποθάνῃ (apothanē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off. it αὐτὸς (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. remains μένει (menei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. only [a seed]; μόνος (monos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3441.htm">Strong's 3441: </a> Only, solitary, desolate. Probably from meno; remaining, i.e. Sole or single; by implication, mere. but δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. it dies, ἀποθάνῃ (apothanē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off. it bears φέρει (pherei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5342.htm">Strong's 5342: </a> To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb. much πολὺν (polyn) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> Much, many; often. fruit. καρπὸν (karpon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2590.htm">Strong's 2590: </a> Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/12-24.htm">NT Gospels: John 12:24 Most certainly I tell you unless (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/12-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 12:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 12:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/12-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 12:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 12:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>