propose that they assumed a correlation between Jesus and the stairway presents a significant problem: it requires first-century Galileans (including Jesus himself) to have envisaged a gargantuan human colossus, reaching into the clouds, his body covered with travelling angels using it as a conduit for their journeys. There is no evidence that such bizarre imagery would have been anything other than totally alien to any Galilean. In fact, Jesus is simply portraying himself in the place of Jacob.32