characterized not only as individuals, but also as representations of their communities/people groups. Thus, Nicodemus represents the religious elite and the woman at the well the Samaritans.32 This of course could be expanded to the royal official (4:48) as being representative of foreign/political groups.33 Now, whereas Ezekiel ministered to his own people in exile, the greater connection to be made is that Yahweh came and ministered to his people in a foreign land. Yahweh was not bound by borders