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

Work	Passage	Greek textual indicators of Ammonian-style pericope / unit use	Strength as witness for Ammonius-style unit thinking
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	17.6	Origen introduces the parable with an explicit bounded-unit formula: «Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἀκούσατε … καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ἕως τοῦ … (Matt 21:33–43)», signaling a recognized pericope with known limits. He later reopens the same narrative unit across Luke and Mark (“κατὰ δὲ τὸν Λουκᾶν… ἀλλὰ καὶ Μᾶρκός φησιν…”), treating terminological differences (“ἄνθρωπος / οἰκοδεσπότης / βασιλεύς”) as intra-pericope variation, not separate stories. His methodological exhortation to compare “τὰ κατὰ τοὺς τόπους” presupposes stable cross-gospel correspondences.	Strong (8.5/10) — explicit unit boundaries plus confident tri-synoptic alignment within a single narrative block strongly support pericope-based synoptic control.
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	17.14	Origen explicitly instructs synoptic comparison by appealing to “τὴν τοῦ Λουκᾶ περὶ τῶν ὁμοίων λέξιν”, presupposing a stable, identifiable parallel unit shared with Matthew. He then immediately quotes the Lukan pericope (Jesus teaching daily in the temple; leaders unable to act because the people “hang upon” him) and confirms the same narrative situation in Mark, treating Luke and Mark as coordinate witnesses to the same episode. This reflects pericope-level triangulation rather than thematic proof-texting.	Moderate–Strong (7/10) — no explicit boundary shorthand or numbering, but clear evidence of confident movement among synoptic equivalents conceived as a single unit.