Question:
Can you explain the apparent difference in two accounts about what happened to Judas Iscariot? In Matthew 27:5, it says plainly that Judas hanged himself. However, in Acts 1:16-18, specifically in verse 18, Luke says that “falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out”.
Answer:
Both passages are true. Apparently Judas hanged himself and did a bad job. Either the rope broke or maybe the tree branch broke and Judas plunged headlong upon the rocks below and his bowels gushed out.