Sealed book of Mormon Ch.39

AND it came to pass that after John had spoken
these words unto the people, his father
Zacharias withdrew himself from John and
would have nothing further to do with his son,
and this because of his pride and his position in
the church.
But it came to pass that there were many,
more especially among the poor, who came unto
John and were baptized again—they having first
been baptized in the church, according to the
law of Moses—that they might make a new
covenant with God to keep the commandments
that John had given them, and which they would
receive from the Christ.
Yet, the people believed on John, and
knew not of the Christ of whom he spoke.
And there were many among them who were
young and of the age of maturity where they
were no longer under the supervision and
authority of their parents.
And there were those who became the
disciples of John, because they had witnessed
the hypocrisy of the church and found out for
themselves that the leaders of the church at
Jerusalem were misleading the people and
teaching things which caused discord and
confusion among them.
And there was a certain group among them
that met often and discussed the things of God,
and also those things of the church which they
knew were not the things of God.
And they were Andrew and his brother, who
was called Simon, who was also known as
Peter, and Philip and Nathanael, who was also
known as Bartholomew.
And these were from a city near unto
Jerusalem. And they would meet together often
and become distressed in the spirit because of
the things that they witnessed of the people of the church at Jerusalem. And they spoke of the
scriptures and searched them when they could
that they might gain a better understanding of
the words of the prophets than that which the
leaders of the church had taught them.
And these were being wrought upon by the
Spirit and by the ministrations of the spirit world
to prepare them for their foreordained callings
as apostles of Jesus, even the twelve who would
be commissioned to preach the gospel of Christ
after his ascension to the Father.
And the brother of Jared saw the lives, in
brevity, of each of the disciples of Christ who
would become his apostles while he was with
them on the earth. And they were righteous men
who were curious in nature and unable to accept
the orthodox views and teachings of their fathers.
And the brother of Jared gave particular
mention unto Nathanael, who was one of the
most learned among them. For he had studied
much concerning the ways of the world, and
also the things of God.
And he could not understand the reasons
for the contentions and misery of the people
when there was so much knowledge among
them that could create peace and happiness.
And he strove for many days with the
Spirit that he might understand the things which
were true, even those things that he could do to
bring peace among his people.
And he had a place where he would go of
which no one of his friends or family knew.
And in this place, he would ponder the things
of God and pray for understanding and
wisdom. And he sat for many days under a fig tree that he had chosen for a rest, and up
against which he struggled with his intellect
and the gentle persuasions that were given
unto him by the Spirit.
Yet, he was prideful in that which he had
learned among men, and did not give in to the
enticings of the Spirit until it came to pass that
Jesus told him of the fig tree under which he
strove with the Spirit, and of which he had told
no living soul.
And because Jesus knew these things of
him, Nathanael was converted and became a
great asset unto the twelve after the ascension of
the Lord.