> [[informed-luke-ws|← Previous]] | [[03-luke-ignatius-toc|TOC]] | [[infants-luke-ws|Next →]] # Commentary on the Gospel of Luke Word Study – Exodus *Exodus* (Lk 9:31) *Exodos* (Gk.): \"a going forth\" or \"exodus\". The word is used three times in the NT and several times in the Greek OT. Sometimes it refers to the historical Exodus, when Yahweh delivered the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt (Ex 19:1; Heb 11:22). Other times it refers to physical death, as when souls depart from this life and go to another (Wis 7:6; 2 Pet 1:15). These shades of meaning are blended together when Moses and Elijah converse about the exodus of Jesus at the Transfiguration (Lk 9:31). On the one hand, Jesus will exit this life when he dies on the Cross; on the other, his death will accomplish a new Exodus that frees the world from slavery in sin. Jerusalem is the chosen destination for this mission because the city\'s resistance to the gospel made it a new \"Egypt\" where Jesus must go to liberate the human family from spiritual bondage (Rev 11:8). --- > [[informed-luke-ws|← Previous]] | [[03-luke-ignatius-toc|TOC]] | [[infants-luke-ws|Next →]]