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

Work	Passage	Greek textual indicators of Ammonian-style pericope / unit use	Strength as witness for Ammonius-style unit thinking
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	15.6 (Matt 19:13–15; synoptic parallels Mark 10:13–16; Luke 18:15–17)	The passage opens with a clean Matthean lemma explicitly bounded: “Τότε προσηνέχθησαν αὐτῷ παιδία … καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ἕως τοῦ … (19,13–15)”, which functions as a standard exegetical header rather than a hinge between units. There is no boundary anxiety and no attempt to negotiate pericope edges. Synoptic comparison follows only after the ιστορία is acknowledged and then relativized. Markan and Lukan wording (προσέφερον αὐτῷ παιδία / καὶ βρέφη) is treated as lexical and anthropological gradation, not as evidence of different narrative units. Crucially, Origen emphasizes shared omission across all three evangelists (ἅμα πάντες παραλελοίπασιν) and interprets it as intentional wisdom, not as a documentary gap needing alignment. No canon logic, no sequencing concern, no cross-unit stitching is present.	Very low (1/10) — Although a pericope range is stated, it serves only as a conventional lemma. The passage actively resists Ammonian-style unit thinking: omission is theological, variation is allegorical, and synoptic material is presupposed as harmonized. The method is synthetic and ontological, not segmenting or table-driven.