Resurrection of the Dead Saints and Sowing the Body It is very significant in a study of the resurrection of the dead saints, to know what it means to sow the body. Without the sowing, there can be no raising. The one is essential to the accomplishment of the other. Paul very clearly stated, "Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies". (1 Cor. 15:36) If a seed cannot be made alive unless it dies, then it must follow that it cannot die unless it is sown. Jesus affirmed the same, saying, "Except a grain of wheat fall ...