John 5:39
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39 You search[a] the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.(A)
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- 5:39 You search: this may be an imperative: “Search the scriptures, because you think that you have eternal life through them.”
Deuteronomy 18:15
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15 A prophet like me[a] will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kindred; that is the one to whom you shall listen.(A)
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- 18:15 A prophet like me: from the context (opposition to the practices described in vv. 10–11) it seems that Moses is referring in general to all the true prophets who were to succeed him. This passage came to be understood in a quasi-Messianic sense in the New Testament (Mt 17:5; Jn 6:14; 7:40; Acts 3:22; 7:37).
Luke 16:31
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31 Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’”(A)
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Luke 24:44
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44 He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”(A)
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