Exegesis:

pareporeuonto (cf. 2.23) ‘they went along,’ ‘they went by’: with dia ‘through’ the verb means ‘go through,’ ‘pass through.’

ouk ēthelen hina (cf. 6.25; 10.35) ‘he did not want that’: the clause that follows, ‘any one should know it,’ defines the content of what Jesus did not want.

Translation:

Went on from there, as an indicator of the point of departure, is equivalent in some languages to ‘left that place.’ Passed through would imply ‘went right on through the region of Galilee,’ implying that Jesus did not stop along the way to preach or minister to the people in the various cities and towns.

Not in the English sentence he would not have any one know it is a negative of the first verb, expressing the intention of Jesus. However, the logical structure is different from the grammatical pattern, for the negation actually applies to the fact that the people should not know about Jesus’ presence. Many languages, therefore, require a shift in the place of the negative, e.g. ‘Jesus wanted that people would not know it.’ This tendency in English (and Greek) to shift the negative from the secondary or subordinate expression (where it may logically belong) to the primary or principal constituent (where it is grammatically “attracted”) must be carefully noted and the proper adjustments made. Otherwise the resulting renderings may be entirely misleading to speakers of the receptor languages.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of Mark. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1961. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .