It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
All Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:44 Go To 1 Corinthians 15
Macrina the Younger
AD 379
The seed does not germinate unless it is dissolved in the earth, rarefied and made for us, so that it is mixed with the moisture nearby and dust changes into root and sprout, and it does not stop there but changes into a stalk with sections in between which are surrounded by chains, as it were, so as to be able to hold the grain in an upright position… Thus the apostle says that the mystery of the resurrection is presignified before us in the miracles performed in the seeds. The divine power in its surpassing excellence not only gives back to see but adds many great and more wonderful features with which nature is magnificently adorned. [The Teaching of ] On the Soul and the Resurrection.
