John points two of his own to the Lamb of God; they follow, and the call passes hand to hand (Andrew to Simon, Jesus to Philip, Philip to Nathanael), each invitation a “come and see.”
Note. This calling is preserved in John alone.
The reading is the Joseph Smith Translation, in the text of the Covenant Christian Edition, carried beside each Gospel and set against the King James baseline. Headers give both numbering systems: the CCE chapter and verse, and the traditional KJV reference.
35Again the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples, 36and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God. 37And the two disciples heard him speak and they followed Jesus. 38Then Jesus turned and saw them following him and said unto them, What do you seek? They said unto him, Rabbi — which is to say (being interpreted), Master — where do you dwell? 39He says unto them, Come and see. And they came and saw where he dwelled, and abided with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40One of the two who heard John and followed him Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41He first finds his own brother Simon, and said unto him, We have found the Messiah — which is (being interpreted) the Christ. 42And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas — which is (by interpretation) a seer, or a stone. And they were fishermen. And they immediately left all and followed Jesus.
43The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and found Philip, and said unto him, Follow me. 44Now Philip was at Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, We have found him of whom Moses, in the law and the prophets, did write — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and see. 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. 48Nathanael said unto him, From where do you know me? Jesus answering said unto him, Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. 49Nathanael answered and said unto him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the king of Israel. 50Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto you, I saw you under the fig tree, you believe? You shall see greater things than these. 51And he said unto him, Truly, truly I say unto you, Hereafter you shall see Heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.
When Jesus renamed Simon Cephas, “a seer, or a stone,” the Restoration’s reading puzzled commentators. Nibley found ancient support: the stone of Peter was anciently the “Jewel of Discernment.”
J. Massingberd Ford calls the stone of Peter and Abraham “the Jewel of Discernment,” thus lending belated support to Joseph Smith’s interpretation of John 1:42 [John 1:6] JST: “Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation, a seer, or a stone.”