Paragraph:
I, 14
Translation:
THE TOMBS OF SIMEON AND JOSEPH.
On the right of this small tower (of Jehoshaphat, i.e. Tomb of Absalom) is a stone house cut from the rock, and separated from the Mount of Olives. Inside it there are two tombs, which are without decoration, and have been hollowed out with chisels. One is the tomb of Simeon the Righteous, who clasped the Lord Jesus as a baby in his arms, and uttered a prophecy about him <Luke 2:25-35>, and the other is that of Joseph (also Righteous), the spouse of Saint Mary and the one who brought up the Lord Jesus.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Mention of the tombs of Old Man Simeon and Joseph husband of Mary in the stone house cut from the rock next to the "Tower of Jehoshaphat", from an itinerary of ca. AD 681-684, composed ca. 698.