Matthew Poole and continuators on John 12:24

24 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 .

Look as you see in your ordinary Husbandry the grains of Wheat are first buried in the Earth, and lose their form, before they spring and shoot up again, and bring forth fruit: so it must be with me; I must be first lifted up, before I shall draw men after me; I must first be crucified, before my Gospel shall be preached to all Nations, and the fulness of the Gentiles shall come: but if I have once died, and risen again from the dead, then you shall see this abundant fruit.

Marginal references: 1 Cor. 15.36.