LUKE 22:58

 A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" - Luke 22:58

One of them!  It's like they were ISIS or something.  Where did this deep hatred of Jesus and His followers come from.  Did people think just because the leaders were bringing Him, followed by soldiers, to the temple courts, He must be bad?  Again, how did they even know?  Were people just hanging at the temple?  Did they see Jesus walk by?  Had the chief priests already spread the propaganda?

It's this quickness to judge that amazes me.  These people had no idea who Peter was, what he had done or what he was all about.  I'm going to bet they had not had an encounter with any disciple.  And I can't think of anything they did that people would be saying, "Be careful around them."

I can see the, "You are one of them" if they were looking for wisdom or if they were almost fanboying.  If it was a term of respect, but I don't think this is what that person was going for.  

I guess we always get in trouble when we make accusations or assumptions about any group of people without getting to know them.  Happy Maundy Thursday.