Abstract
<jats:p>The article considers irony as a means of silent communication between the narrator and the reader within the plot of the Gospel of John 10:40–12:50. The article focuses on the strategy of using irony, its typological prism, and the multifaceted nature of its nuances in the context of constructing a narrative arc. The use of irony aims to reveal the strategy of the implicit author and serves to comprehend the primary meaning of the text. The functioning of irony in relation to the progressive and gradual development of the plot line of John 10:40–12:50 has been shown. The narrator skillfully combines different types of irony and demonstrates the relationship between them in order to develop an extensive dramatic of Jesus giving life to Lazarus and, at the same time, His death sentence by the religious authorities of Jerusalem. The theoretical and practical results of the study can be used to improve the methodology of the narrative approach to the analysis of biblical texts, systematize the concept of irony as a literary and narrative technique, and understand the historical background of the use of irony in the biblical text from the perspective of religious studies.</jats:p>