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

Work	Passage	Greek textual indicators of Ammonian-style pericope / unit use	Strength as witness for Ammonius-style unit thinking
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	16.5	The passage operates entirely within a single, stable narrative unit (Zebedee request / right–left seating). Origen repeatedly uses τοῦτ’ ἔστι to redefine gospel phrases (“ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης,” “ἐκ δεξιῶν / ἐξ εὐωνύμων”) rather than to adjudicate wording. The mother of the sons of Zebedee is treated as the fixed Matthean narrative anchor, while Mark is introduced only parenthetically and explicitly as ὡς ὁ Μᾶρκος ἀνέγραψε, i.e., a parallel witness. No signals of textual instability (ἀντίγραφα, ἔν τισιν, παραλλάσσει); instead, a clean pericope-level harmonization presupposed as already delimited.	Strong (8/10) — sustained allegorical and theological expansion presupposes a well-defined gospel unit, exactly the kind of stability required by Ammonian pericope mapping.
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	16.6	Opens with an interpretive trigger (“ζητήσει τις τί τὸ ποτήριον καὶ τί τὸ βάπτισμα”), not a textual one. Distinctions are framed in ἐπίνοια / ὑπόστασις / δηλοῦν vocabulary (semantic ontology), not recensional language. Majority views are reported as οἱ πολλοί… ἄγουσιν, marking exegetical plurality. Mark is invoked explicitly (παρὰ τῷ Μάρκῳ) as a harmonization risk, not as an alternative Matthean form. The unit ranges freely across Scripture once the pericope is fixed.	Moderate–Strong (7/10) — clear pericope-level control with cross-gospel coordination, though without explicit boundary shorthand.
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	16.8	Origen treats the saying as a closed dominical unit, moving directly into theological and moral implications without reopening narrative scope. There is no reintroduction of characters or setting, indicating continued operation within the same delimited pericope. Absence of textual comparison language and smooth continuation signal confidence in unit boundaries already established.	Moderate (6/10) — quieter evidence, but consistent with Ammonian-style unit continuity rather than ad hoc citation.