Luke’s account of the gospel gives us a glimpse into the discussion on the mount of transfiguration that we do not have in the other accounts. Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus and “spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem” (Luke 9:31). The Greek word for “decease” is the word “exodos.” Jesus had just predicted His death (9:22), and these two Old Testament greats came to speak with Jesus about that dreadful event.
Luke says that Jesus was about to “accomplish” His “exodos” at Jerusalem. The word for “accomplish” is a Greek word that means “to fulfill, to complete, to bring to a designed end; of the fulfillment of divine predictions or promises.”
We may not think of death as something to “accomplish,” but for Jesus it was. He had to “fulfill” and “complete” all that would transpire in Jerusalem, in order to be “declared…the Son of God with power” (Rom. 1:4). Thank God that Jesus accomplished what He came to accomplish for me!