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Luke and Acts both say that all the prophets spoke about Jesus. In the Gospel of Thomas the disciples say the same of Israel's twenty four prophets, and Jesus rebukes them for talking about the dead while ignoring the living one in front of them.
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Luke 24:27
New Testament
25 So he said to them, “You foolish people—how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
Acts 10:43
New Testament
42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. 43 About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Gospel of Thomas 1:52
Nag Hammadi
51 His disciples said to him, “When will the repose of the dead come about, and when will the new world come?” He said to them, “What you look forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it.” 52 His disciples said to him, “Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and all of them spoke about you.” He said to them, “You have omitted the Living One who is in your presence and have spoken only of the dead.” 53 His disciples said to him, “Is circumcision beneficial or not?” He said to them, “If it were beneficial, their father would beget them already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become entirely profitable.”
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Notes and References
“... in the Prophets. See 1:70; 16:16,29; 18:31; 24:25,27; Acts 3:18a,21b,24 (where “Samuel and those who came afterward” are called prophets); 10:43; 24:14. The Gos. of Thom. § 52 puts it this way: “His disciples said to him, ‘Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel, and all of them spoke concerning you.’ But he said to them, ‘You have forsaken the Living One who is before you and have spoken about the dead.’ ” [...] 45. he opened their minds to an understanding of the Scriptures. I.e. the evangelist describes the risen Christ himself interpreting the OT Scriptures in a new way, referring them to himself and to his career in God’s salvation-history. See further Luke 24:27. ...”
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