Or perhaps even on the Sabbath … It is, therefore, written "You may not light a fire in all of your dwellings." Burning was in the general category (of all the forbidden labors), and it left that category (for specific mention) to teach, viz.: Just as burning, one of the judicial death penalties, does not override the Sabbath, so, all of the judicial death penalties do not override the Sabbath.
What About Executions Ordered by a Court
Mekhilta Tractate Shabbata 2:12