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Truly,ἀμὴνtruly,ἀμὴνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνunlessἐὰν μὴa grainὁ κόκκοςof wheatτοῦ σίτουfallsπεσὼνintoεἰςthe earthτὴν γῆνand dies,ἀποθάνῃitαὐτὸςremainsμένειalone;μόνοςbutδὲifἐὰνit dies,ἀποθάνῃit bearsφέρειmuchπολὺνfruit.καρπὸν
John 12:24
Study it in the app“Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”
With the Greek beneath
John 12:24, word by word
- Trulyἀμὴνamēn
truly
"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “amēn” appears- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- a grainκόκκοςkokkos
grain, seed
Grain, seed.
Where else “kokkos” appears- of wheatσίτουsitou
wheat
Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.
Where else “sitou” appears- fallsπεσὼνpesōn
fall
To go from above down to the ground.
Where else “pesōn” appears- the earthγῆνgēn
ground
What is underfoot, dry land.
Where else “gēn” appears- and diesἀποθάνῃapothanēi
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothanēi” appears- remainsμένειmenei
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “menei” appears- aloneμόνοςmonos
alone
With no one else.
Where else “monos” appears- it bearsφέρειpherei
bear
For a plant to bear fruit, and so also a life.
Where else “pherei” appears- muchπολὺνpolyn
much
A great amount of something, like fruit or work.
Where else “polyn” appears- fruitκαρπὸνkarpon
fruit
What a plant produces, which is harvested and eaten.
Where else “karpon” appears
The context
23And Jesus answers them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24 · This verse (above)
25Whoever holds his life dear loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
To study John 12 in a group
1. What it says
What does Mary do with the perfume at the dinner in Bethany, and what does Judas object? How does Jesus answer? (vv. 3-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says a grain of wheat, if it dies, bears much fruit (v. 24). What connection does he see between losing one's life and serving him? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Mary gave the best she had to Jesus (v. 3). What is the best you have, and how could you offer it with love today?