Origen's Use of Ammonius in Commentary on Matthew [Part Thirty Two]

Work	Passage	Greek textual indicators of Ammonian-style pericope / unit use	Strength as witness for Ammonius-style unit thinking
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	16.29	Origen frames Mark’s version as belonging to the same localized narrative slot: «Ὁ δὲ Μᾶρκος ἀναγράψας τὰ κατὰ τὸν τόπον…», i.e., not “somewhere in Mark,” but the Markan material for this pericope-locus. He then treats Mark as an independent parallel witness that contributes an additional, potentially problematic clause: «ἀπεμφαῖνόν τι (ὡς πρὸς τὸ ῥητόν) προσέθηκε… (“οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὁ καιρὸς σύκων”)». The exegetical problem he raises (why Jesus seeks fruit / curses if it isn’t fig season) exists specifically because the accounts are being read synoptically in the same episode, with Mark’s extra detail generating the question. Origen remains inside the same Markan narrative sequence by returning to Mark’s continuation: «ὁ δὲ κατὰ τὸν Μᾶρκον Πέτρος ἰδὼν τὴν συκῆν ἐξηραμμένην…», showing pericope-level tracking rather than ad hoc citation.	Strong (8/10) — “τὰ κατὰ τὸν τόπον” + treating Mark’s added detail as authoritative within the aligned episode is very compatible with pericope-indexed, Ammonian-style synoptic control, even without explicit numbering.