Led Zeppelin and Jesus: the connection

Remember the song Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin? I assume that the inspiration for that song from the story of Jacob's dream in the bible:

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran. He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place. He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. - Genesis 28:10-12

That stairway represents God's mediation between himself and man. In the very first book of the bible we read of a means by which mankind, condemned to death by his rebellion against God, might once again commune peacefully with his creator.

Now flick forward in history about 2,000 years. Jesus says this to a guy called Nathanael:

"Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." - John 1:51

What do you make of that then?