Commentary for Sanhedrin 70:13

אמר רבא (אי הכי) לא תהא רציחה דוחה קרבן יחיד מק"ו

Abaye said: Now that you have concluded that execution does not supersede the Sabbath, it [necessarily] follows that execution does not suspend the Temple service, a minori: If the Sabbath, which is abrogated in favour of the Temple service, is not set aside for execution; then the Temple service, which supersedes the Sabbath, is surely not suspended by execution! And as to the Scriptural verse, Thou shalt take him from mine altar that he may die?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 14, which conflicts with this conclusion. ');">²⁵</span> — this refers only to a private sacrifice,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when a priest accused of murder officiates at an offering brought by an individual. ');">²⁶</span> which does not suspend the Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Execution therefore supersedes it. But if he is engaged in offering a public sacrifice, execution may not set it aside, by the preceding argument. ');">²⁷</span> Raba said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Raba disagrees with Abaye, and proceeds to demonstrate the incorrectness of Abaye's view by an argument somewhat similar to a reductio ad absurdum. ');">²⁸</span> But execution should not suspend [attendance even upon] a private sacrifice, a minori:

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