“Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, 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 (NIV)
During the last week before Jesus died on the cross he was in contact with many people in Jerusalem. In John's record we read in Chapter 12 about some people from Greek who came looking for Him. They said, “We would like to see Jesus.” When two of the disciples inform Jesus what the Greeks said, he replied beginning with the words in today's verse. Instead of responding to the curious sight-seers Jesus begins to talk about his coming death. He knew that by dying on the cross He would do more good for those Greeks (Gentiles) than by just satisfying their curiosity. Just think of the results of Jesus' death like a seed planted which sprouts to bear many seeds. So Jesus has brought many many people into the family of God. We don't know if those Greeks ever believed in Jesus as their Savior but they could have. They wanted to see Jesus. Maybe they did. Because He died, we have come to know Him.
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