more OT background to and in connection with the accounts in the New than we readily perceive. Luke’s account points these up: ‘Moses and Elijah spoke about his departure’, the word for ‘departure’ being ‘exodus’. ‘Glory’ and ‘exodus’ thus emerge as key themes in the interpretation of the transfiguration. It may be coincidence, but it is worth noting that the only other NT example of the word ‘exodus’ used as Luke does here is in 2 Peter (1:15), just before Peter refers to the transfiguration, making