I would like to be able to look at the oldest writtings we have to see if they contain the same contradictions that our Bible translations have. Is there any such way to get a look at these old manuscripts? Thanks in advance for any info that you may provide.
A modern critical edition of the Greek NT (which currently means the UBS/Nestle-Aland text) provides information about every variant reading that appears in the manuscripts. There are very few place in the NT where variant readings make much difference, however.