1. Acts 1:18 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Luke say that Judas bought a field when Matthew 27:6-7 says that it was the chief priests who did so?

Acts 1:18 (ESV)

18 (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.

Even though the field was bought by the chief priests (Matthew 27:6–7), the fact that it was done so using Judas’ blood money resulted in the field still being associated with him as if he is the one who bought it himself.1