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

Work	Passage	Greek textual indicators of Ammonian-style pericope / unit use	Strength as witness for Ammonius-style unit thinking
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	17.26 (κῆνσος episode; Pharisees + Herodians)	Pericope conceived as a discrete narrative block: “τὰ τῆς ἐκκειμένης ἱστορίας” treats the scene as a bounded unit whose internal composition governs meaning. Explicit synoptic-alignment language: “συνᾴδει καὶ τὰ τοῦ Μάρκου καὶ τοῦ Λουκᾶ ῥητὰ περὶ τῶν ὁμοίων,” marking Mark and Luke as containing corresponding, parallel material to the Matthean unit. Programmatic collation instruction: “παραθεμένῳ τὰ εὐαγγέλια καὶ συνεξετάζοντι αὐτὰ ἀλλήλοις” explicitly instructs side-by-side comparison of gospel units, which is precisely the operational habit presupposed by Ammonian sectioning. Stable shared ‘sense’ across witnesses: “οὐκ ἄλλος γὰρ νοῦς ἐστι παρὰ τοῦτον… καὶ παραπλησίως Ματθαίῳ παρὰ τῷ Μάρκῳ,” asserting a determinate unit-level correspondence rather than loose thematic overlap.	Strong (8/10) — no numbered sections, but unusually explicit evidence for pericope-level thinking and controlled synoptic comparison of discrete units, functionally equivalent to Ammonian practice.