And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
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Gill's Exposition
There are also celestial bodies,.... Or bodies in the heavens, as the sun, moon, and stars:
and bodies terrestrial; or bodies on earth, animate and inanimate, men, beasts, trees, minerals, &c.
But…
Barnes' Notes
And that which thou sowest - The seed which is sown. Not that body that shall be - You sow one kernel which is to produce many others. They shall not be the same that is sown. They will be new kernels…
Adam Clarke
Thou sowest not that body that shall be - This is decomposed, and becomes the means of nourishing the whole plant, roots, stalk, leaves, ear, and full corn in the ear.
The apostle comes now to answer a plausible and principal objection against the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, concerning which observe the proposal of the objection: Some man will say, How…
Cambridge Bible
and that which thou sowest "There are two parts in this similitude: first that it is not wonderful that bodies should arise again from corruption, since the same thing happens in the case of the seed;…