In the tenth chapter of John the Lord is presented to us as the Shepherd, leading out of the Jewish things and, by dying, bringing His people into the new place, obtaining the flock, the sheep, for Himself-securing them where they are characterized as going in and out and finding pasture. He is seen, of course, as laying down His life that He might have these sheep.
In the eleventh chapter, He is represented as "the resurrection," not only as laying down His life and obtaining the sheep, but as "the resurrection, and the life" Himself, with power in Him to raise His own from the dead.
In the twelfth chapter, (I just mention these leading points in the chapters), we find something far more blessed. He is there represented as the "corn of wheat" that "falls into the ground and dies," that it may bear much fruit. His own are really there associated with Him, seen as the very fruit of this precious grain that has fallen into the ground. It has borne fruit, the corn of wheat itself; and they are seen as part of that very corn-part of its preciousness and beauty. It falls into the ground and dies alone, but it does not come up to be alone; it comes up bearing fruit.