Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? - Romans 8:32

He humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! - Philippians 2:8

"The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man!" - Matthew 26:24

The cross is not the end of the story, but without the cross there is no story. - N.T. Wright