THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 1 - Verse 34

Verse 34. And suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. They knew that he was the Messiah. If they had spoken, they would have made that known to the people. Jesus was not desirous, at that time, that that should be publicly known, or his name be blazoned abroad. The time had not come when he wished it to be promulgated, and he therefore imposed silence on the evil Spirits.

{1} "because they knew him" or, "to say that they knew him"