Tony,

Thank you for providing this. I looked into it for a reference in the OT that would verify Robert's statement about the messiah being "hung from a tree as prophesized."
I found a line in your post..."Messiah would be crucified with criminals." and clicked on it.
It led to ISIAH 53 12, which it quotes as the following:

"Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[a]
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[b]
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors."

Reading that...I don't understand the reference to a messiah being hung from from a tree or crucified. Can you clear it up?