“Don’t be alarmed,” [the angel] said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'” Mark 16:6-7
It seems odd that the angel refers to the Lord as “Jesus the Nazarene”, for he certainly knew Who He was, and ever has been.
But yet this reference underscores the glorious mystery of the Incarnation. God became man. The second person of the Trinity suffered in the flesh. The only-begotten Son of God, by whom all things were made, condescended to become Jesus the Nazarene in order that we who believe in Him might be given a new name…
