In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”
When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
When she saw Peter warming himself, she stared at him and said, “You also were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.”
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised;
and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”
When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
When she saw Peter warming himself, she stared at him and said, “You also were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.”
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised;
However, one option is that the word "of Galilee" was added to Mark 1:9, and that Nazareth did not originally imply a town in Galilee.
Why do the demons in Mark 1:24 identify Jesus as being "of Nazareth"? Is there something more special about Nazareth? Why would he have come "from Nazareth" to destroy them?
Is there any possibility that "Nazareth" is some Gnostic name for the Highest Heaven? I wonder because it looks similar to the types of names we find in the NHL. But by the same token, there are no Gnostic texts that I know of that make any special claims about Nazareth either, so it may be unlikely.
