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

Work	Passage	Greek textual indicators of Ammonian-style pericope / unit use	Strength as witness for Ammonius-style unit thinking
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	12.12 (Matt 16:18 context)	Origen cites Luke explicitly (“ὡς ἐν τῷ κατὰ Λουκᾶν εἴρηται”) and then Matthew explicitly (“τὸ ἐν τῷ κατὰ Ματθαῖον γεγραμμένον”), using both as thematic parallels for the image of the narrow gate. There is no citation of Mark as a parallel control, no triangulation of Matthew–Mark–Luke as witnesses to a single narrative unit, and no discussion of variant readings in Matthew. The Gospel material is deployed illustratively and morally, not synchronically. The logic of the argument does not depend on pericope alignment, demonstratives, or wording correspondence across Gospels.	Very weak / negligible — this passage shows no Ammonian-style unit thinking. Origen is not recognizing an alternative Matthean reading, not stabilizing Matthew by reference to Mark, and not working at a synoptic seam. The cross-Gospel citations are ordinary prooftexting, not evidence of consultation of an Ammonian or proto-Ammonian pericope apparatus.