During Jesus' time, it is common for people to believe in reincarnation. Jesus did not refute with this belief in the gospel text.
Example One:
In John 9:1-3, Jesus' disciples asked Him whether the blind man was born blind because of sin in his previous lives. "...who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should born blind?" Jesus did not refute the disciples' concept of 'sin-before-birth', or sin in previous lives. But He answered that in this particular case, the man's blindness was to display God's work.
Example Two:
In Matt 16:13, Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
The disciples replied that He was regarded as the reincarnation of someone else. "Some say (you are) John the Baptist, others say Elijah; and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." On hearing this reply, Jesus did not say this concept of reincarnation is fallacious, nor did He refute this concept.
Apparently, in Jesus' time, the people, including the Pharisees, believed in the concept of reincarnation.
So in Round 2 of this series of this study, I conclude that reincarnation had been a common christian belief.
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