Does anyone have an explanation for John 9:2 other than a belief in some sort of transmigration of souls or reincarnation? It is the tale of the "man born blind," concerning whom the disciples asked, "Hrabbi, tis hEmarten, houtos E hoi goneis autou, hina tuphlos gennEthE?"(Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, so that he was born blind?). David