considerations. After sketching the contours of the biblical exodus and its transmission in the Old Testament, primary attention will be given to the exodus motif as a picture of a better hope. This will in turn provide a background for Jesus’ own employment of this motif. Thoughts of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt naturally turn to the account in the book of Exodus. Following the details of the slaying of the firstborn of Egypt and the Passover (Exod 12:29–13:16),