How could Judas be both hung and burst asunder?
Scripture records both that Judas burst asunder and that he hung. These accounts are not contradictory; the bursting of his torso and the hanging can be reconciled. After Satan left Judas, a catapulting action could have thrown his body onto a low tree branch or fence post, so he ended up in both categories.
Les explains that the two statements about Judas are not contradictory; they must be put together. One point of Scripture says he was burst asunder, meaning an actual bursting of his torso, while another point says he was hung. Les likes to think that before Judas betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, Satan did, and when Judas came back trying to get out of the situation, Satan left him and literally catapulted his body. That catapulting action could have thrown Judas onto a low branch of a tree, a fence post, or anything like that, so he ended up in both categories. The context also notes that verse 18 gives Judas credit for purchasing the field, though the priests actually bought the potter's field with the blood money he threw down.