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General Information:
This is the last event in the story of Paul and Silas in Philippi. (See: Acts 16:12)
Now
This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here Luke tells the last event in the story that started in Acts 16:16.
sent word to the guards
Here "word" stands for "message" or "command." AT: "sent a message to the guards" or "sent a command to the guards" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
sent word
Here "sent" means the magistrates told someone to go tell the guards their message.
Let those men go
"Release those men" or "Allow those men to leave"
come out
"come outside of the jail"