Shortly before He is to die, Jesus tells a short parable about a kernel of wheat. It won’t produce unless it falls to the ground and “dies” first. Jesus Himself will soon but the perfect example of this. After his death, he was not “dead and buried,” but “dead and planted“! And what does “Son of Man” mean?
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Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:23 – 24 (NIV)