In fact, that is exactly what Luke does in the Acts of the Apostles with regard to another prophecy that was actually fulfilled before his book was written: Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. (Acts 11:27-28)
